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Oh yeah, to begin with I was on pro tank 1's and loved them but moved to dual coil i30's pretty fast so the drippers and mech to run them safely was a pretty natural progression.
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Exactly, when I coiled and drilled out my first rda (non sub-ohm) I HAD to lung hits or I couldn't really use my rda.
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I absolutely adore my new Kayfun Lite +. I have the Omega RDA but have no interest in dual coils, sub ohm coils or mech mods. I've found that even with the air holes almost completely closed on my RDA it's nearly impossible to do mouth to lung hits. The airflow only allows you to do short hits that way, while a lung inhale can be much longer. I was never a lung hitter with cigarettes and I find it difficult to do them when vaping. I'm trying, but it still irritates my throat some and it feels weird, too.
I think that is exactly what I am experiencing. It is a totally different type of vaping experience for me. A little strange and I am not sure if I really like it. Can be wonderful or overwhelming. And I am finding that I am getting a sore throat/irritation if I vape a lot. Even with 12mg. The Smooth Criminal tobacco at 12mg seems too strong/harsh and I am loving it on my 510 atty. Interesting.
I don't like lung hits because it's too much like those other kind of hits that some people like. I myself quit doing that and don't like being reminded of it. 
I have another RDA coming in the mail tomorrow. It's an Atomic clone. It's a little smaller and can be used as a single coil. It has air flow control and I'm hoping I can use it for mouth to lung hits. If not, I'm done with RDAs. I'll just use it for taste testing and stick with my KFL+ for everyday use.
Hey everyone, welcome to all the new comers, and grats to all of you with recent victories of one sort or another.
I decided it was time to make a concerted effort to vape more and smoke less. All the stress of moving, having another smoker in the house and a terminal relative spending his last couple months here had me smoking well over a pack a day again. It's been only a few days, but I'm down to five or six a day without too much effort involved.
Recently picked up a Protank II, which is a nice improvement over the original. The main issues I've had with the Protanks are a) the draw is inconsistent, and b) they leak a bit from the bottom. Instead of chucking out all the Protank I's, I decided to try the airflow control valve used on the aerotanks. WOW, all the difference in the world.
The control valve allows you to adjust the airflow to your given preference, and uses a sealed 510 connector so there is no more drop or two of liquid leaking into the battery connection/well. When I store the tanks I seal the valve just to be safe. Fasttech sells them for under $4. I paid a couple dollars more to get mine from ebay, since FT wasn't selling them separately yet. So if your Protank I or II's are collecting dust due to leakage / air flow... it might be time to take them out of retirement.
I'm not sure why people are so into Evods and Iclears. I avoid plastic like the plague... we all know that chemicals leach in and out of plastics, especially when heat is involved. So I opt for metal and pyrex whenever possible... including drip tips. Harm reduction... right?
So many of you are building coils now who were adamant that they never would.
Make it easy on yourself and learn to walk before you try to run. START with 32 guage wire, it's thin, easy to manipulate and very forgiving. You don't need a coiling tool with 32 ga wire, you can totally free-hand micro coils. Just get a sewing pin, put some wick on it, (again START with silica it's EASY and you can DRY BURN IT) take 6" of wire, leave legs and free hand a micro coil. The first few wraps might not be perfect, turn it around unwind the side you started with and give it a couple wraps to make it better. Attach to atty, use another pin to make the coil as perfect as you want it, then gently remove the original pin and trim the wick. Think EASY. BTW I use the above method for protank coils... micro coil is much better than the 2-3 wraps on each side with an empty middle that come from the kanger factories, IMHO.
My IGO-L's gets all the dripping action. I agree about the draw being too tight, instead of using a drill to enlarge the air-hole I use a file and do it by hand. More effort, but more forgiving as well. Shari I'm not sure if my Igo-L clones are the same as yours, but mine pull apart, as opposed to being screwed or unscrewed. So I can put the air-hole anywhere I want it.
I want to try a Kayfun Lite + just don't feel like shelling out $35+ for a single tank and that's if it's a clone even. I need to get an eroll for driving eventually... I'm starting to ramble so have a good night / morning.
I decided it was time to make a concerted effort to vape more and smoke less. All the stress of moving, having another smoker in the house and a terminal relative spending his last couple months here had me smoking well over a pack a day again. It's been only a few days, but I'm down to five or six a day without too much effort involved.
Recently picked up a Protank II, which is a nice improvement over the original. The main issues I've had with the Protanks are a) the draw is inconsistent, and b) they leak a bit from the bottom. Instead of chucking out all the Protank I's, I decided to try the airflow control valve used on the aerotanks. WOW, all the difference in the world.
The control valve allows you to adjust the airflow to your given preference, and uses a sealed 510 connector so there is no more drop or two of liquid leaking into the battery connection/well. When I store the tanks I seal the valve just to be safe. Fasttech sells them for under $4. I paid a couple dollars more to get mine from ebay, since FT wasn't selling them separately yet. So if your Protank I or II's are collecting dust due to leakage / air flow... it might be time to take them out of retirement.
I'm not sure why people are so into Evods and Iclears. I avoid plastic like the plague... we all know that chemicals leach in and out of plastics, especially when heat is involved. So I opt for metal and pyrex whenever possible... including drip tips. Harm reduction... right?
So many of you are building coils now who were adamant that they never would.
Make it easy on yourself and learn to walk before you try to run. START with 32 guage wire, it's thin, easy to manipulate and very forgiving. You don't need a coiling tool with 32 ga wire, you can totally free-hand micro coils. Just get a sewing pin, put some wick on it, (again START with silica it's EASY and you can DRY BURN IT) take 6" of wire, leave legs and free hand a micro coil. The first few wraps might not be perfect, turn it around unwind the side you started with and give it a couple wraps to make it better. Attach to atty, use another pin to make the coil as perfect as you want it, then gently remove the original pin and trim the wick. Think EASY. BTW I use the above method for protank coils... micro coil is much better than the 2-3 wraps on each side with an empty middle that come from the kanger factories, IMHO.My IGO-L's gets all the dripping action. I agree about the draw being too tight, instead of using a drill to enlarge the air-hole I use a file and do it by hand. More effort, but more forgiving as well. Shari I'm not sure if my Igo-L clones are the same as yours, but mine pull apart, as opposed to being screwed or unscrewed. So I can put the air-hole anywhere I want it.
I want to try a Kayfun Lite + just don't feel like shelling out $35+ for a single tank and that's if it's a clone even. I need to get an eroll for driving eventually... I'm starting to ramble so have a good night / morning.
You can move the air hole a bit farther away from the coil to make the draw tighter, it will diminish the amount of vapor a bit as well.
I'm using duals because I like the airier draw and it allows me to leave both air holes open without losing vapor or flavor.
I'm using duals because I like the airier draw and it allows me to leave both air holes open without losing vapor or flavor.
I went through the same hype with my phone. "You need this or that, need to do this or that". I get really annoyed when someone tries to tell me I need what they've got. Maybe I do, probably I don't.
I strongly subscribe to 2 life truths. 1) if it works, that's good enough. If it's broken, fix it replace it. and 2) the best way to put it a fire is prevent it from starting.
I got a bigger battery to keep me from having to carry a spare anything (fire prevention because without vapor I'll go back to smoking). I've got soda bottle sized tanks but appreciate my EVODs and iclear 16s smaller size and bomb proof reliability and easy maintenance (it works).
I agree whatever works is what's best for the individual .
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I wanted to go back and comment on some of your responses, but the thoughts have fled my brain. I'm intrigued and interested in bigger and better, but since finances won't allow me, I've just learned to perfect what I've got. I may be saving a ton of money by not buying cigarettes anymore, but I'm putting all that money in my children's mouths or the electric bill or the damn car repair bills. When I got extra money for vape fun, I invested again in the old workhorse instead of venturing out into new territory.
Maybe in another year, when the cig-monster doesn't chase me anymore, I can get into new things. Fiddling and griping and researching to make it work STRESS me out, and that makes me want to smoke. Why did I think these thoughts would disappear in a month or two after quitting?
Congrats on your successes, and please continue to share your new goodies, because I live vicariously through your experiences. And a kernel of an idea might form one day. . .
Maybe in another year, when the cig-monster doesn't chase me anymore, I can get into new things. Fiddling and griping and researching to make it work STRESS me out, and that makes me want to smoke. Why did I think these thoughts would disappear in a month or two after quitting?
Congrats on your successes, and please continue to share your new goodies, because I live vicariously through your experiences. And a kernel of an idea might form one day. . .
A side trip to the car wash, put the top down, turned up the music, and vaped my brains out at lunch. It's 82 and sunny, and everything in sight is covered in pollen. Welcome to SC!
I have to agree with you, when I tinker I want to smoke. However I do say that from reading so many posts and thru research I think maybe you have to find that one set up that works! me I have not found my diamond in the rough yet, but I know I will
hello everyone, i hope ur doing good, karen thats wonderful lol u winning so much i might just join u over there i barely get onto fb anymore lol i hate being home it sucks and im bored.
welcome darksparkle13 what setup are you running?
welcome darksparkle13 what setup are you running?
Welcome back, GtrSoloist. I am sorry that you and your family had a rough go of it. There is not much to say to make a difficult time better. I am glad that you are finding your way through and that your vaping is starting to work for you again. Please come and chat when you have a chance. We love having you here.
My Igo-L has the pull off cap; I think they all do. Mine is as stubborn as I am. Difficult to get off. I find using a thick rubber band and having the atty mounted on my Provari gets the job done. I wonder if they make a tool that has prongs that stick out at the ends that you can insert into the top of the Igo-L and then use the tool to pull the top off? Maybe I will go to Home Depot and see. I may invent an atty puller! Kind of like a tooth puller. I will have to check dental tools too. I wish I was handy with technical and mechanical stuff.
Hand filing the airhole sounds like something I could do. Do you need a special type of file? Looks like another Home Depot trip.
My Igo-L has the pull off cap; I think they all do. Mine is as stubborn as I am. Difficult to get off. I find using a thick rubber band and having the atty mounted on my Provari gets the job done. I wonder if they make a tool that has prongs that stick out at the ends that you can insert into the top of the Igo-L and then use the tool to pull the top off? Maybe I will go to Home Depot and see. I may invent an atty puller! Kind of like a tooth puller. I will have to check dental tools too. I wish I was handy with technical and mechanical stuff.
Hand filing the airhole sounds like something I could do. Do you need a special type of file? Looks like another Home Depot trip.
Well, you all know how excited I have been about getting the Russian 91% and getting it setup and working. So, I go and check the thread to see how the others are making out with the new toy. Evidently we were shipped the new Version 2 with a spring loaded center pin. Everyone thinks, yay! a new and better version. We are all excited. Well, looks like it is a piece of doggie poo poo.
More than several people are saying that the resistance of your build reads all over the place and different on each device and voltmeter it is put on. So they say tighten down the positive block and the pin so much that the block does not move. It still moves after tightening.
So I have not even taken it out of the box yet. I am waiting to find out if there is a fix for it. Some say there will be. Some say that we all may have to buy some kind of fix it kit from somewhere and put in the old version 1 center pin. I am not a happy camper. I am quite angry. I may have to try to sell it to someone who knows how to tinker with these things. Not happy. Lots of money down the drain. And this is not the cheap Fasttech one. This is the real one. Sucks. And I will not embrace it. At least not right now.
More than several people are saying that the resistance of your build reads all over the place and different on each device and voltmeter it is put on. So they say tighten down the positive block and the pin so much that the block does not move. It still moves after tightening.
So I have not even taken it out of the box yet. I am waiting to find out if there is a fix for it. Some say there will be. Some say that we all may have to buy some kind of fix it kit from somewhere and put in the old version 1 center pin. I am not a happy camper. I am quite angry. I may have to try to sell it to someone who knows how to tinker with these things. Not happy. Lots of money down the drain. And this is not the cheap Fasttech one. This is the real one. Sucks. And I will not embrace it. At least not right now.
I'm sorry to hear that you're disappointed in your new Russian. I know you waited a long time to get it and were looking forward to it. I saw a few YouTube videos showing the flimsy spring inside the bottom cap that allows the center pin to float. I thought it looked pretty cheesy for such an expensive piece of equipment. I hope you get an easy fix real soon so you can start enjoying it.
I got my Atomic clone RDA today and promptly set up a 1.5 ohm microcoil on it. If I set the air flow control on the smallest hole I can do mouth to lung hits. It's a smaller diameter than my Omega clone so it doesn't hold as much juice, but the air flow is tight enough for me so I don't mind.
Shari, the Atomic RDA pulls off from the base to drip, but it also has a screw on cap that locks the air flow control band in place. You can unscrew the cap to fill it, so you don't have to pull it off the base if you don't want to. I agree, my RDAs are quite hard to pull off the bases without wiggling them as you pull.
Shari, the Atomic RDA pulls off from the base to drip, but it also has a screw on cap that locks the air flow control band in place. You can unscrew the cap to fill it, so you don't have to pull it off the base if you don't want to. I agree, my RDAs are quite hard to pull off the bases without wiggling them as you pull.
I am not disappointed in the R91. I love it. It is beautiful. It does not work. Can not get a consistant ohm reading on it. So waiting for a fix. Something that expensive should not need a 'fix' in my opinion. It should have been tested by the mfg before being shipped to consumer. I did not agree to buy a beta version of something.
Oh you should. Might as well. I go over a couple of times/week. But i've seen some contest with some pretty nice mods.
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